The Duchess of Sussex met staff at the National Theatre on London's South Bank today for her first official visit since succeeding the Queen as its royal patron.
Meghan, who is six months pregnant, wore head-to-toe peach, teaming a £1,728 Brandon Maxwell mini dress with a matching £2,004 blazer, £440 Aquazzura pumps and a Carolina Herrera clutch.
Her hair was styled in a high chignon with a sleek side parting, as she arrived to learn about the work of the institution and meet staff and apprentices working behind the scenes.
The duchess has an affinity with theatre having spent a decade working as an actress in television, where she was best known for playing lawyer Rachel Zane in the hit legal drama series Suits.
During her visit Meghan, 37, joined a workshop with members of the Pericles production before meeting apprentices working as technicians in different departments from carpentry to metalwork and painting.
Shortly after arriving, Meghan spoke to technical apprentices Olivia and Kelsey, and former apprentice Tamykha, who were working on some chandeliers for Tartuffe in the Assembly Area.
Before returning to Kensington Palace this afternoon, she watched a performance inspired by War Horse, by children working with the National Theatre’s primary school programme.
Pericles was the National Theatre’s first production of 2018 from its award-winning participatory programme, Public Acts.
The Emily Lim-directed production brought over 200 people of all ages from across London together with six professional actors to breathe new life into the Shakespeare classic in a musical version.
Although Meghan spent ten years working in television, her background is in theatre; as well as a double major in theatre and international relations from Northwestern University, she volunteered at a performing arts after-school programme for children in underprivileged school districts in Los Angeles.
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